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Microsoft Announces Outlook for Mac Redesign, Improvements to iOS and watchOS Apps
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Ah, I didn't know you could do that with AppleScript. Doesn't sound like a viable solution though, if it requires a very simple design... a simple design is what you can make within Outlook.
Installing HTML signatures in Apple Mail isn't much of a pain at all, and it keeps all the CSS styling and responsiveness! Add a placeholder signature in Mail, close Mail, go to the Signatures folder and open the signature file, paste your HTML code, save the document and lock the file... done. Works beautifully. Here's a step-by-step guide!
Microsoft doesn't think CalDAV exists.
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Yes, that's all we need, carrying around ANOTHER complete copy of a browser.
The Mac version of Outlook continues to lack quite a few features.
They've been improving parity in recent years, but it isn't there.
For example:
- the message composer has limited formatting options. In fact, the entire Format Text tab is missing:
Some of that can be reached in Message, but some can't. Where's Styles, for example?
You can basically go through the Windows version's ribbon and find lots of little things the Mac version lacks.
- the Mail module(?) in the sidebar seems to lack support for adding additional mailboxes from the same account. Outlook for Windows both lets you manually add pst files (old archives, say), and will also automatically fetch additional mailboxes (such as a group mailbox you share with your team) you have access to. I'm not aware of any way to show these at all in Outlook for Mac, so if I want to read them, I have to use Windows.
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............will they finally give us some compatibility between Rules (allow us to bring Rules we set on Outlook-WIN over to Outlook-MAC) ?? That would be the big takeaway/winning feature for me (given how much I use it on my work/gaming laptops already)
Microsoft still sells a standalone version of Office for home use. That version doesn't include Outlook but you can still buy that as a standalone app as well. Microsoft isn't forcing you to subscribe.
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Recall message doesn't work anyway in many cases, it's largely a worthless feature.
new outlook is garbage!
im sticking with this for a while using Big Sur, this outlook just worked, the other is eyes candy with lots of issues and no support for huge things! they need another 6 months after release to get it perfect! also i use 32 GB os office 365 mail and it runs like poop the new outlook, this old style is quick 123
im sticking with this for a while using Big Sur, this outlook just worked, the other is eyes candy with lots of issues and no support for huge things! they need another 6 months after release to get it perfect! also i use 32 GB os office 365 mail and it runs like poop the new outlook, this old style is quick 123
No, it just offers the classic view in Outlook where you can see the free/busy info of all attendees.
I just read on the MS site for Outlook that the "New Outlook" uses Microsoft Search. That's both promising and scary to me. I've been trying to replicate the way I have my Search folder setup in WinOutlook but wasnt able to do so--I just now have my PC laptop on my company network and I remote into it--works much better that way! My specific "search folder" simply includes all item from Inbox and Sent--something I think shoul dbe an option for all mail clients, no? The scary part is--the way Outlook is integrated into Spotlight on the Mac rn it may get confusing when using Spotlight search, right now a spotlight search will also return email items (and I have 18k+ in my Inbox :-/ ) which is okay--its very fast and those results are easily filtered and sometimes useful. Will I have the same capability with NewOutlook? I assume I can custom configure Spotlight if need be but who knows? I've yet to read any posts form users who've taken the plunge but I'll probably wait until some of the bugs have been found and fixed before it do.
So as of yesterday max is Big Sur beta 10, and they released new outlook, I made a full switch and now it’s smooth as butter
so new outlook and maxis Big Sur beta 10 is the way to go. But you need to be in office 365 insiders to get all the updates for office
so new outlook and maxis Big Sur beta 10 is the way to go. But you need to be in office 365 insiders to get all the updates for office
Seems like they've started rolling out the option to use the new Outlook beyond insiders as of the last Office monthly update.
Yes getting close to release time, mine is working smooth now, zero issues. Still lots of features disabled and when I click on it it asks if I want to switch to old outlook to use them